Advanced training in trauma life support for ambulance crews
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Advanced trauma life support training for ambulance crews.
BACKGROUND There is an increasing global burden of disease from injuries. Models of trauma care initially developed in high-income countries are also being adopted in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Amongst these ambulance crews with Advanced Life Support (ALS) training are being promoted in LMIC as a strategy for improving outcomes for victims of trauma. However there is controversy as...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003109.pub3